justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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I am NOT in the job market and have not been in almost 20 years, So, what I am going to say may be laughable, but, I see jobs as just one tiny shade short of sacred,,so, I'll try to help.
I'd check with the Chamber of Commerce and find out what companies exist in the area who MIGHT be able to use your skills. Ask them about any upcoming job fairs. Go to the colleges around,ask if they have had any head hunters sniffing around for recent grads,, I'm still so old school that I , my gut, would want to be AT the place I wanted to get a job, Monday morning, looking rested, dressed appropriately, but, today's reality just seems to be, go online fill out a form, fax a resume, NO ONE SEES you and gets a hint about WHO you are,, I don't agree with that,at all.
ONCE I saw an ad for Apprentice at a machine shop.. Man, I WANTED that job. I went in to get the application, the boss was out, I filled it out and watched 10 or 12 come and take applications with them, while I waited for the boss to get back... The foreman told him something along the lines of
I think that guy really wants the job, he has been waiting several hours for you to get back..
He interviewed me,, I reported for work the next day.
I used to get roughneck jobs by packing up my work clothes and going to a little store/gas station where drillers were known to stop in, get gas, water, ice for the cooler, roughnecks could buy breakfast burritos and stuff to make the day on the rig better, and, I'd be there about 4:00 AM. I'd be in a car, headed out to a rig in 2 hours or headed home.. sometimes, I d ONLY get a days work, sometimes, I d get the guys job,, but that was in the late 70's and I don't think it works that way now...and that's a danged shame.
Best regards, JoG.
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